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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W.v P. MASON. CLOTHES WRINGER.

No. 450,029. Patented Apr. '7, 1891.

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- W. P. MASON.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

No. 450,029. Patented Apr. '7, 1891.

.UNTTE STATES ATENT rrrcn.

VILLIAM P. HASOXOF MONTPELIER, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLBY \VRINGER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,029, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed May 11, 1889. Serial No. 310,446. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ical parts of the invention. The upper roller Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. MASON, a A has its journals to a supported in bearings citizen of the United States, residing at Montat the base of the elongated boxes or casings pelier,in the countyoflVashington and State G formed integral with the side pieces 0 of Vermont,have invented certain new and G, within which boxes are the rubber springs and useful Improvements in ClothesWVringe e, that rest upon the bearings of the rollerers; and I do hereby declare the following to journals and are regulated by the set-screws be a full, clear, and exact description of the ff, that pass through the tops ofbOXes C C invention, such as will enable others skilled and also through the ends of the connecting- IO in the art to which it appertains to make and bar I, (see Fig. 1,) which bar assists in keeping use the same. the sides 0 O of the main frame in proper This invention relates to an improvement place. 111 that class of machiner known as clothes- The roller B has a shaft Z) which is 'ourwringers, the object of the invention being naled at each end in the levers E E, located I 5 to provide a simple, cheap, effective, and duadjacent to the sides 0 C and approximately rable wringer for domestic and laundry use; in a horizontal position. One end of the and it consists in the construction, arrangeshaftb is extended and providedwith acrank- Y ment, and combination of parts, substantially handle J, whereby the rollers are manipuas will be hereinafter described and claimed. lated. The levers E E are fulcrumed upon a 20 In the annexed drawings, illustrating my rod or shaft F, which passes through suitable 7o invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my openings or perforations therein, and also in improved clothes-wringer with parts broken the side castings C O, which serve to support away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. the ends of the shaft or tie-rod F. (See Fig. Fig.3 is an end viewin partial section. Fig. 1.) The levers E E are shown in detail in 2 5 4 is a cross-sectional inner end View, the ma- Fig. 10. chine beingin the same position as that shown The machine is clamped or secured to the in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an end view of the casttub or other receptacle with which it is used ing which carries the movable shelf or table. by means of suitable jaws. D D denote the' Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view of both outerjaws. They are connected to the side 0 ends of said casting. Fig. 7 is a detail view castings O C, so as to be normally rigid or staof one of the outer jaw-arms, showing the fiat tionary in relation thereto; but the connecand round faces thereof, Fig. 8 is a detail tion is such as to make them capable of adview of one of the movable inner jaws. Fig. justmentto suit the machine for tubs of va- 9 is a detail View of one of the adjustable rious sizes. The construction of the jaws D 35 enter jaws. Fig. 10 is aplan and side View of is clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 9. By referone of the levers in which the lower roller is once to Fig. 7 it will be seen that its inner journaled. Fig. 11 is a sectional view showface-that is to say, the face which comes next ing how the jaws of the machine are adapted to the side of the tubis made partly flat, as to grasp the sides of eithera round or square at g, and partly round, as at 71., so that the 40 tub with which the wringer is used. jaw D may fit neatly to the sides of either a Similar letters of reference designate corround or a square tub, and this adaptability responding parts throughout all the different of the surface of the outer jaw is clearly figures of the drawings. brought out by reference to the sectional view A denotes the upper and B the lower roller, shown in Fig. 11. The jaws D have a'flat por- 45 arranged one over the other, said rollers bction at right angles to the leg portion. The ing of suitable length and diameter. upper edge of this flat part is serrated at (Z, The main frame of my improved wringer and these serrations are adapted to engage consists, essentially, of two vertical end castcorresponding serrations on a flange 1', formed ings C G, suitably shaped to permit the arhorizontally on the outside surface of each of 50 rangement therewith of the several mechanthe side castings. Furthermore, the flat por- 10o tions of the jaws are provided with horizontal slots 0, through which project the ends of the tie-rod or shaft F. The ends of this tiered are provided with nuts j. It will thus be seen that when the jaws D D have been located in properposition with the serrated up per edges engaging the serrated flanges on the side castings and with the tie-rod F projecting its ends through the slots 0 c, and when the nuts j j have been firmly screwed against the flat portions of said jaws the said jaws will be tightly connected to the castings O 0. Furthermore, it is obvious that by sim ply loosening the nutsjj these jaws can be easily adjusted by permitting the teeth on the sliding jaw to be disengaged from the corresponding teeth on the sides.

In addition to the outer jaws D D, which I have just described, the machine has inner movable jaws H H, fulcrumed upon the rod or shaft F, between the sides 0 C and the levers E E. One of these movable jaws is delineated in Fig. 8. Its upper end is provided with a slot 75, and the surface of its leg portion, which is adapted to come opposite to the tub, is provided with flat and round faces similar to the Hat and round faces of the legs of the outer jaws D D; and, furthermore, by reference to Fig. 11 it will also be seen how the legs of the inner jaws are calculated to neatly fit and conform to the shape of thetub, with which the machine may be used.

Between the side castings CC is atlat shelf or board G. This shelf is provided with an encircling casting, whichsurrounds one longitudinal side: and the ends thereof, said casting being grooved to receive the edges of the board, the part thereof which receives the longitudinal edge being simply a rim K, while the ends of the casting are a combination of grooved rim and a plate K. The vertical plates K are provided with horizontally-projecting journals or pins Z, and on each of said journals or pins is a cam m. The journals ll enter the slots 7c in the upper ends of the inner movable jaws H H, while the cams m m bear upon the tails or free ends of the levers E E, in whose opposite ends, as we have previously seen, the lower roller B is journaled.

From this description of the construction of the machinery only a brief explanation respecting its operation will be necessary in order to make the invention entirely clear. The shelf or table G is adapted to be grasped by the hand of the user of the wringer and moved upward and over toward the upper roller, and also to be moved back from such position into a horizontal or substantially horizontal position similar to what is indicatedin Figs. 2 and at. Upon turning the shelf upward and over toward the upper roller the jaws will readily open or become loose, so as to enable them to be applied to or removed from a tub; but upon moving back the said downwarda movement which will result in forcing the lower roller upward into closer contact with the upper roller, and at the same time the journals Z Z in the slots 76 76 of the movable inner jaws will operate to raise the slotted ends of these jaws, and in consequence to force their lower ends toward the fixed jaws D D and upon the side of the tub between said jaws. The board G also serves to receive the clothes as they pass from the rollers, and thus prevent them from falling.

Thecontou r andattachmentsot' the j awsand levers, the, may be varied considerably without departing from my invention, and I therefore reserve the liberty to reconstruct and modify the mechanical elements of the invention without departing from the spirit of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the end castings, of the inner movable jaws and the outer jaws D D, having serrated edges cl, adapted to engage correspondinglyserrated flanges on the end castings, substantially as described.

2. In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the end castings O O, the movable inner jaws H H, the levers E E, the tie-rod F, and the board G, of the adjustable sliding jaws D D, serrated at d to engage correspondinglyserrated flanges on the end castings O C, said outer jaws having also slots 0 0, through which the ends of the tie-rod project, substantially as described.

In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the main frame thereof, of the inner movable jaws, suitable actuating devices therefor, and the outer jaws connected adjustably to the end castings and so that the distance between the inner and outer jaws may be regulated to adapt the machine for attachment with tubs or receptacles of various sizes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. MASON. Witnesses:

F. L. EATON, R. \V. HYDE.

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